时间:2018-12-30 作者:英语课 分类:初级商务英语听力2006


英语课

Hewlett-Packard announced that private investigators 1 that they hired to find the source of leaks to the press broke the law as part of their research. The investigators pretended to be Hewlett-Packard board members in order to convince phone companies to turn over private phone records of journalists from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications covering the hi-tech world. According to an HP spokesman, "We are absolutely horrified 2 that the records of journalists were accessed without their authorization 3." Chairwoman of the HP board Patricia Dunn, who ordered the investigation 4 into the leaks, said that she was "appalled 5" by the news, and resisted calls for her resignation. The California Attorney General's office is investigating the incident.



n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
a.(表现出)恐惧的
  • The whole country was horrified by the killings. 全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。
  • We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons. 地方监狱的普遍状况让我们震惊。
n.授权,委任状
  • Anglers are required to obtain prior authorization from the park keeper.垂钓者必须事先得到公园管理者的许可。
  • You cannot take a day off without authorization.未经批准你不得休假。
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
v.使惊骇,使充满恐惧( appall的过去式和过去分词)adj.惊骇的;丧胆的
  • The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
  • They were appalled by the reports of the nuclear war. 他们被核战争的报道吓坏了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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agar diffusion technology
algebraically independent basis
anfleurage
angiopressure
antibiotic XG
argonaut
Asclepius
at a standstill
Auneau
bacteriolyic antibody
Book of Nehemiah
booting system
break in oil
breeding paralysis
brevibracteatum
bring your A game
Christie I.
cleavest
Clever-Clogs
coefficient of dynamic subgrade reaction
common sorrels
contrariantly
cowpea plant
curved frame
cytarme
deflection scale
dentes adulti
economic cooperation as joint ventrues
electrochemical process
elkhounds
epidermal
Est, Prov.
explosive motor
extenal humeral epicondylitis
family census
family Cyprinidae
Farakka Dam
ficano
filmistor
flare-up in price
gerobit
grounds of action
grouping method
headhigh
hernmarck
high-lighting
historical relics
intermittent generator
interocular diameter
john venns
JPOTF
large source
LISP standard
magnetic dumping
magnetic player
man machine control systems
March Madness
mature adult
microprocessor based
microsphygmy
mollities ossium
moment method of estimation
Myolgia
navicula carinifera
neemo
nominal amount
nose wave
ohltersdorf
olfactory display
Oyala
paper strip
periostraca
phase ambiguity resolution
portable ramp
quercivorous
rediagonalized
Rhachiopagy
rhythmise
Rimava
salpinh
sedimentary differentation
shift to
single-chips
spaceman
steering magnetic compass
subpixels
succesive over-relaxation (sor) method
sun-sentinel
Syringa amurensis concrete
system matrix
television hight voltage tester
tetrahydropyridines
TFCC
thermactor
to prevent erosion and leaching
translation phase
two-rail code
type I error
water-retainings
white stone-made mill
xylomyids
z-day